Hazel O'Connor

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WRITING ON THE WALL
© Hazel O`Connor
(remix - original track is on 'Breaking Glass')

Down a tunnel, in a tube
On the floor, knocked down by booze
Busy man has blown his fuse
While crossword people look for clues
I say sir, get your nose out of the paper
Take a good look at what's going down
Get clued into the shape of
The shape of things to come

Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Reaching out for you it calls
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Did you look for your cause?
Writing on the wall?

Life, I'm told's a compromise
Lethargy in disguise
Excuses by the faint of heart
Stuck in the mud before they start
I say sir, wouldn't you rather be
on top of the world
As opposed to always travelling
underneath the ground?

Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Reaching out for you it calls
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Did you look for your cause?
Have you seen the writing on the wall?

I say sir, get your nose out of the paper
Take a good look at what's going on
Get clued into the shape of
The shape of things to come

Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Reaching out for you it calls
Have you seen the writing on the wall?
Did you look for your cause?

Writing on the wall

AIN'T IT FUNNY (live)
© Hazel O`Connor
(live recording - original track is on 'Sons and Lovers'')

Come and join the score (it's a) very holy core
(You must) Fight for freedom, Liberty (you must)
Fight for old men just like me
Now he's not in the mood (to fight)
But he'll give you clothes and food (Alright you see)
Someone else is making more than me
And that can't be Bold Economic Policy

Ain't it funny, ain't it shame
Why the fat man is snoring
You can die for his games (economy)
Ain't it funny, ain't it a joke
As you die for the fat man
He's lifting your joke

See I have no arm (for giving)
See I have no legs (to run away)
See I have no nose, no eyes
I hear no lies, I'm monkey wise
Guess I got my gun (You didn't run?)
Back in '41 (Where are you now?)
Now I wish I could just swim in the sun
Wondering what have I won
Cause it wasn't much fun at all

Ain't it funny, ain't it shame
Why the fat man is snoring
You can die for his games (economy)
Ain't it funny, ain't it a joke
As you die for the fat man
He's lifting your joke

Your country needs you today
Your country needs you to die

EE-I-ADDIO
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Cover Plus')

Red ringed the eyes of the woman who cried to the night
Black and possessed are the eyes of the man who drank to no foresight
Then suffer little children, a haunted dream
Bright eyes, scared eyes, a silent scream
Now why'd you make me hit you - he'd say
Leave me alone I hate you - she'd say
Suffer little children, hear and have no say

A leopard can't change his spots
A tiger can't change his stripes
EE - I - addio
Mum and Dad still have their fights

This woman she takes a couple of pills to hide
When there's no place to turn you'd better just shut the door inside
Well, riddle me when is a home not a home
When you're twenty floors up and your love has gone
Your love was spent on fairy soaps

For hands that do dishes and hang your hopes
On children who in turn back to you

A leopard can't change his spots
A tiger can't change his stripes
EE - I - addio
Mum and Dad still have their fights

DECADENT DAYS
© Hazel O`Connor
(remix - original track is on 'Sons And Lovers')

Put on your face, put on your clothes
Going out dancing, pose, pose
Wind our bodies round and round
Move to the rhythm of the fare rave sounds

These are the decadent days
These are the decadent ways
These are the de de de de de decadent days
De de de de de de decadent days

Swing to the left, swing to the right
Thrust your hips to the flashing light
Whirling dervish here's the rule
Sweating hot but you stay cool

These are the decadent days
These are the decadent ways
These are the de de de de de decadent days
De de de de de de decadent days

The whole room is vibrating
With all our bodies shaking
But still they're hesitating
From really taking it, making it, taking it

SONS AND LOVERS
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Sons and Lovers')

Got to have to make you see
There's certain thing and needs to be
I need a father must be wild
Need you to take me like a child
I want to be your wettest dream
Tease your body 'till you scream
Bite you lick you like ice-cream
Scare you dare you be obscene

I want to be an animal
I want to be a lover
I want to be a little girl
I want to be a mother

How about it brother
Do you want a mother
Do you want a lover, a lover, a lover like me

To be your nurse all that and worse
Then be your whore break down the door
I'll be patient to the cause
Fell the the pulse and then we'll pause
And if you're sure I crave for more
That's when you come I'll up and run
Femme Fatale, then animal, sister, lover, tomboy, brother

I want to be an animal
I want to be a lover
I want to be a little girl
I want to be a mother

Bounce me upon your knee
Place your head below the bedclothes

DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
© Jim Webb
(taken from 'Cover Plus')

Hey, I can understand how it can be
Kind of hard to love a girl like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
It's my own fault for what happens to my heart
You see I've always known you'd go

So you just do what you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Tho'It may mean I'll never kiss those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind, just chase that dappled dream of yours
And come on back and see me when you can

Now I know they make you sad
Make you feel so bad
Say you don't treat me like you should
They got ways to make you feel good
I guess they got no way to know
I've had my eyes wide open from the start
And boy, you've never lied to me
The part of you they'll never see
Is the part you shown to me

HOLD ON
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Cover Plus')

Hello old friend long time no see
Except the sea between you and me
And that's physical, that's impenetrable

Left you laughing at the dreams that I told you
Now I'm laughing at the dreams that they sold you
It's such a shame, you had to join their nasty game

You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
To a dream,
Ain't it obscene

The silence in your room is getting me down
The thickly atmosphere descends upon the clown
Who laughs no more, broke the golden law

You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
To a dream,
Ain't it obscene

The way they shake you, try to wake you
Be a man now, be a woman now
Try to shake you up, try to wake you up
Be a grown up, be a sour puss

Never mind my love, I'll leave this for you
Don't bother calling me, maybe I'll call you, so
Stay on the scene
And I'll stay chasing my dreams

You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
You didn't hold on
To a dream,
Ain't it obscene

WHITE ROOM (single B-side)
© Hazel O`Connor

Sorry, lyrics are not availble

COVER PLUS (WE'RE ALL GROWN UP)
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Cover Plus')

Let's all play mums and dads, come on
Where do babies come from, mum?
Shut up you naughty boy
And put your clothes back on

Mucky pup, cover up
Strip it down, cover round
Dirty muck, cover up
Look at us got cover plus
'Cos we're all grown up, we're all grown up

Peel off black nylon in the red light
Silly old men leer through their gun sights
Naughty girl turn round
I'll show you what's right

Mucky pup, cover up
Strip it down, cover round
Dirty muck, cover up
Look at us got cover plus
'Cos we're all grown up, we're all grown up

Mucky pup cover up
Look at us got cover plus, look at us got cover plus
We're all grown up, we're all grown up
Why don't you go and fix your face, up good
Why not buy some paint and hide your wood worm good
But let the children play the way they feel and should

Mucky pup, cover up
Strip it down, cover round
Dirty muck, cover up
Look at us got cover plus
'Cos we're all grown up, we're all grown up

All grown up

ANIMAL FARM (WE WILL BE HAPPY?)
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Cover Plus')

The cock it crowed 'It's morning' the donkey said 'Ee-aw'
The pigs they grunted expectantly for the farmer to open the door
The chicken started clucking, they couldn't lay no eggs
They were just plain frightened,
Remembering what the pig had said ('just do as you're told')
Remembering what the pig had said (and they all sang)

We will be happy, we will be free,
We're gonna make it, make equality
Hap-happy are we, hap- happy are we
Hap-happy are we, we're so holy

Now the pig said 'This is our day'
We're gonna chase the farmer away
Now everyone must do their work like before
Except for me and I must think for you behind this door

So they chased the farmer away,
And the pig got on his soap box to say
'Don't you worry don't you make no fuss
All you have to do is follow us'
(and do as you're told)
All you have to do is follow us
(and they all sang)

We will be happy, we will be free,
We're gonna make it, make equality
Hap-happy are we, hap- happy are we
Hap-happy are we, we're so holy

The cock it crowed 'It's morning' the donkey said 'Ee-aw'
The chickens clucked expectantly for the pig to open the door.

We will be happy, we will be free,
We're gonna make it, make equality
Hap-happy are we, hap- happy are we
Hap-happy are we, we're so holy

What can I do? Up here in the zoo
I've been here too much longer than I remember
What can I say, will there be a day
When we can all leave this place forever, forever, forever
Wake up at 8, place you hate
Ready by 9 for feeding time
Spectators at 10 to look in your pen
And we perform for them

At the zoo, you, you what do you do
At the zoo, you, you we perform for you
At the zoo, you, you what do you care
You just stand there and stare

Animals cry at night, a tearful tiger is a terrible sight
He remembers how he used to run free like me
And we don't laugh anymore
Sitting wondering what we ever laughed for
Looking at the ever closed door
What more, what more

At the zoo, you, you what do you do
At the zoo, you, you we perform for you
At the zoo, you, you what do you care
You just stand there and stare

Sorry, lyrics are not availble

TIME (Ain't On Our Side)
© Hazel O`Connor
(taken from 'Sons and Lovers')

Wasn't it good the rose coloured glasses
Playing our games, taking our chances
Time was our friend, seemed to stand still
We were immortal that was until
We thought we take our fill
We'd time to kill
The time ran out on us

Time - ain't on our side
Time - took us for a ride
Then time ran out on us

How could we see the way that things change
Time takes its toll don't stay the same
Suddenly now is a long time gone
Time is immortal it waits for none
It's here and it's gone, the time run out on us

Time - ain't on our side
Time - took us for a ride
Then time ran out on us

Oh do you remember the first kiss in a darkened doorway
So naive and tender, eyes closed
Dreaming away. Do you remember?
We were forever, then time ran out on us

There he goes now walking down the street
Well decked out from his head to his feet
Women meet him, women find him oh so sweet

But stop, beware, that man don't care
When you need, when you bleed that man don't care

He's just a gigolo-o-o
A gigolo-o-o, a gigolo

Oh how he wears such a thin disguise
Look a little closer unmask his eyes
See right through him see oozing with lies

He's just a gigolo-o-o
A gigolo-o-o, a gigolo

Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us
'Cos she's got the barley fever
But she doesn't make a sound
She's just hanging around

Down the court road early
With the Hustlers big and burly
There's a million of'em selling
And the buyers can be found
They're just hanging around

Christ has told his mother
Christ has told her not to bother
'Cos he's alright in the city
'Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around

One of'em comes closer
Got a monkey on his shoulder
And the monkey's getting grinner
But his eyes are on the ground
He's just hanging around

I'm moving in the colehelme
With the leather all around me
And the sweat is getting steamy
But their eyes are on the ground
They're just hanging aroun